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FreeRepublic Abducted by Aliens
The fertile sludge of TC Rider's mind
| 11/15/01
| TC Rider
Posted on 11/16/2001 1:09:36 PM PST by TC Rider
FreeRepublic Abducted by Aliens
At first I thought it was just me. Like a lot of Freepers, I work in an office and hit the refresh button when I can, to stay abreast of the news.
Often I will glance at the time of the post and compare it to my system time to see if I need to hit that 'refresh' button.
Something Odd
This afternoon I noticed something odd. I glaced at the time on my system, 3:20 PM EST and then at the time of the latest posts, 12:07 PM PST. So I hit the 'Refresh' button... ...and nothing happened.
Or, at least I thought nothing happened. Some more button pushs revealed the first part of the puzzle. My lists of posts were refreshing, the time was off!
Thirteen Minutes
By my reckoning, the time at FR was slow by 13 minutes. Anyone familiar with alien abductions know that the first sign of an abduction is loss of time. I don't care if you're watching the X-Files or some cheesy abduction movie, there is always some lost time.
And the amount of time lost? Regardless of the venue, there are always 13 minutes lost. Never 10, never 45, always 13.
Scientific Proof
First I checked my watch, same as my system. My system gets its time from our domain server, I went and checked the server time, same as my system. What if my servers had been abducted? I surfed to the Naval Observatory for official government time, same as my system.
Whew, for a moment I considered that it had been I, who had been abducted.
Conclusive Proof
That the government clock time matched my own was all the proof I needed. Without a doubt, FR had been abducted. But why?
We all know that FR was down for service last night, is that when FR lost its 13 minutes? What happened during that 13 minutes? Was alien code added to the message software that John developed? Was something taken from the FR archives? When I go to the archives looking for that article with conclusive proof that Clinton is the father of Danny Williams, will it be there?
Help me fellow freepers, see if you can figure out what happened and let me know.
TC Rider
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JimRob, John, Clarity, HELP!
What happened to the 13 minutes?
1
posted on
11/16/2001 1:09:36 PM PST
by
TC Rider
(tc_rider@yahoo.com)
To: TC Rider
What happened to the 13 minutes? Rose Mary Woods erased them...
2
posted on
11/16/2001 1:09:37 PM PST
by
dirtboy
To: TC Rider
Those 13 minutes have been permanently erased.
To: TC Rider
What happened to the 13 minutes?Hint:
Does your butt hurt?
4
posted on
11/16/2001 1:09:37 PM PST
by
PRND21
To: aomagrat
5
posted on
11/16/2001 1:09:38 PM PST
by
dighton
To: TC Rider; dirtboy
Okay, dirtboy is way ahead of me. Let me take another guess. How 'bout in the private residence library of Hillary Clinton? And, by the way, she has no idea how those 13 minutes got there.
To: PRND21
Does your butt hurt? Aaargghhhh, d@mn anal probes.
7
posted on
11/16/2001 1:09:38 PM PST
by
TC Rider
To: TC Rider
Foolish Humans!!!!! Soon all of your minutes will be gone and the Earth will be ours!!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
8
posted on
11/16/2001 1:09:39 PM PST
by
aomagrat
To: dighton
Man, you're quick!
9
posted on
11/16/2001 1:09:39 PM PST
by
aomagrat
To: TC Rider
Its just the daily download by the Feds.
To: TC Rider
There was nothing to see there. Move along. *Replaces wrap-around black eyeshades and smiles* Um.. You're still waiting for an answer as to those minutes? Hmm.. you're a strong one then. We must mind wipe you.
*You try to run away, but the black fog completely surrounds you as the cloaked stranger lifts his hand towards you. Screaming, you know that escape is futile. When you awake, you see a sign in front of you. Welcome to your new onbase housing at Groom Lake. Walking offbase is prohibited. Have a nice stay*
And now back to real life. Did the server puke/blip?
To: TC Rider
We have reached the limits of what rectal probing can teach us.
To: TC Rider
I'm not sure why, but I feel compelled to bump this thread.
patent
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:09:39 PM PST
by
patent
To: TC Rider
I saw the alien! It had antlers like a moose!
And it was accompanied by a squirrel wearing goggles.
14
posted on
11/16/2001 1:09:40 PM PST
by
LJLucido
To: dighton
To: TC Rider
I'm on it...now if I can just find Mulder, Frohicke and WalterSkinner...
16
posted on
11/16/2001 1:09:40 PM PST
by
Scully
To: TC Rider
How are you gentlemen!!
All your minute are belong to us.
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:09:40 PM PST
by
RichInOC
To: TC Rider
To: TC Rider
Well, you see, there was this "swamp gas" reflecting the light from Venus....
To: TC Rider
Please, no one post anything like "All your minutes are belong to us"!
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